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Word: bets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Devil Red & Plain Ben" is a masterpiece of reporting. But you missed one bet. Where does Mrs. Warren Wright get such "neat" names as Whirlaway, Citation, Coaltown and All Blue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 20, 1949 | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

Nevertheless, South Korean troops show determination to defend their country. Americans here (including some with long experience in China) insist that the Koreans are a much better bet politically and militarily than the Chinese were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: Temporary Roof | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

...usual, the circuit will thrive on revivals: The Heiress (a good bet for one of the summer's most frequently offered shows), Edward, My Son, Light Up the Sky, The Winslow Boy. The summer theaters will also get opera: Broadway's successful The Telephone and The Medium, offered by a company starring Marie Powers. Other likely favorites: Blithe Spirit, John Loves Mary, 0 Mistress Mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Citronella Circuit | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

...over yet. Still out on Medinah's tough, narrow-waisted fairways, and needing only even pars to tie Middlecoff was Sam Snead. The grapevine buzzed that Snead was hot. "He's burning up that last nine," snapped Middlecoff nervously. "I'm betting I won't win. I'll bet you $10 right now that Snead ties me or beats me." Somebody took his bet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: That Damned Seventeenth | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

...with the other mothers and talk diapers and formulas. She got so popular that the prince was in the shade again. Then his father was killed climbing a mountain, and right after that Astrid was killed in an automobile accident while he was driving. And then, by God, Leopold bet on the Germans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: The Bitter King | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

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